0:00 - Officer training at Fort Benning near the war's end

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; assignment; Fort McClellan; graduate; infantry officer; lieutenant; Officer Candidate School (OCS); war

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1:45 - Troop training with a mixed battalion at Fort McClellan

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Keywords: Caucasians; Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC); draftees; Hawaiian soldiers; infantry; Japan; language school; Nisei

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3:12 - Volunteering to join the Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC)

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Keywords: Baltimore, Maryland; Counter Intelligence Corps; foreign language; Fort Holabird; interrogation; Japanese language; Nisei; officers

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5:33 - Landing in Japan with the Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC)

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Keywords: cigarette butts; docks; GIs:disembark; officers; troop ship; workers; Yokohama, Japan

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8:29 - Train ride from Yokohama to Zama / GIs trading with Japanese women

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Keywords: cigarettes; currency; exchange; exchange rate; GIs; Japanese citizens; war bonds; yen

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15:29 - Makeshift accommodations in Zama / Japanese civilians collect leftovers from mess hall

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Keywords: cots; food garbage; food shortage; hunger; mess hall; officers; poverty; starvation

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21:16 - Japanese government's food rationing / Japanese Americans send care packages to relatives in Japan

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Keywords: care packages; clothing; food supply; mother; resettlement; starvation; temporary detention centers; United States

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23:18 - Reunion with brother at Chofu Air Base

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Keywords: Air Force; brother; conversation; interpreter; Japan; lost baggage; mess hall; officers

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25:16 - Brother's path to Japan / His life in Japan

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Keywords: air raids; education; government; high school; Hiroshima, Japan; Japanese citizenship; Nisei; Tokyo, Japan

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27:43 - Former Army captain informs Saiki family of brother's whereabouts

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Keywords: Chofu Air Base; civilians; family; letter; military service; Pennsylvania; relatives; Rohwer

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29:25 - Brother's American citizenship issues / Niseis in Japan lose citizenship

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Keywords: American consulate; citizenship; Japanese Army; lawyer; Nisiei; passport; relocation; vote

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32:45 - Duties as a Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) officer / Role of the CIC in Occupied Japan

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Keywords: informants; investigation; liaison section; military government; military occupation; prefectures; Tokyo; units

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34:50 - American contacts working for Japanese newspapers

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Keywords: contacts; English language; Japan Times; Japanese government; liaison; military occupation; newspaper; war

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36:53 - Re-enlistment and working with espionage intelligence in Japan

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Keywords: American troops; counterintelligence; family; Japanese language; Korean War; spies

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38:49 - Serving as a counterintelligence instructor at Fort Holabird / Working with various counterintelligence groups in the United States and Japan

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Keywords: Baltimore, Maryland; counterintelligence; investigation; military service; Presidio SF; security clearance; U.S. Army

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40:23 - Assigned to the general staff of the 6th Army -- Serving as Chief of Military Security Division

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Keywords: Executive Order 9066; lieutenant colonel; military service; Nisei; President Roosevelt; Presidio SF; security procedures

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43:04 - Language School moved out of California / Transition into the Defense Language Institute

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Keywords: Camp Savage; Fort Snelling; Japanese language; linguists; Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS); Nisei; Presidio Monterey; Presidio SF

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45:52 - Emergency leave from Japan / Visiting cousins in Hawaii with brother

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Keywords: 442nd Regimental Combat Team; aunt; father; Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS); military service; relatives; taxi driver; tour

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52:36 - Korean conflict / Capturing espionage agents in Japan

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Keywords: agents; espionage; illegal immigration; Japan; Korean War; military service; specialized intelligence; spies

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